Living life to the fullest

Liberated day: a day when you live the life you want without limits.

Gaze: living a liberated day, every day of your life.

How to get there: 

1. Explore and identify what areas of life (self, family, friends, career) would be like if the bravest version of yourself was in charge.

2. Become aware of self defeating habits, patterns and blindspots.

Cue ----> Routine (Perfectionist OR Saboteur OR Martyr OR Pessimistic ----> Reward.

3. Honor the value of change (unlearning, learning, relearning)

4. Understand the process of incremental change.

5. Execute and conduct periodic self assessment.

Self management: Attention

Interest in a particular type of morsel (physical, emotional, mental) ---> what we pay attention to ---> nature of life experiences ---> Quality of life we live.

Attention management: 
Step1: Awareness of distractions (triggers, events, thoughts) and associated digression.

Step2: Remind self of what is of interest in present moment. Deliberately choose what you want to attend to (Decide which morsel is appropriate and a priority)

Step3: Separate self from distractions: This should be intentional and not reactive. Calmly and peacefully, redirect attention away from distractions using breath awareness and other breathing exercises.

Step4: Find a state of flow.

Step5: Maximize focus (reinforce) + breath awareness.

Facilitators:

1. External factors: Technology and tools, Environment.

2. Internal factors: Own behavior, awareness of thoughts.